Starred Pastes

Most paste libraries grow quickly. After a few months you've got dozens of templates for different situations, and some of them you only need once a quarter — while others you copy several times a day. Starring a paste marks it as a favourite, so the ones you use constantly are never buried under the ones you barely touch. "Starred" and "favourite" mean the same thing in PasteBase — the star icon is just how you set the favourite.

How starring a favourite works

Every paste row has a small star icon. Click it once and the star fills in — that paste is now one of your favourites. Click again and the star returns to its outline state, removing it from your favourites. There's no separate favourites page to manage, no dragging into folders, no tagging system to learn. One click, and your favourite is set.

The star updates instantly without reloading the page. The change is saved immediately, so your favourites are there the next time you sign in — on any device, on any team page, and on your shared quick-access link.

Filter to just your favourites

Above your paste list there's a "Starred" button next to the category filter. Click it and the list collapses to show only your favourite pastes. Click again to show everything. This turns your library into an instant shortlist of your most-used templates — perfect for busy moments when you just need the right paste immediately.

The starred (favourites) filter combines with search and category filters — so you can narrow down to, for example, favourite pastes in the "Support" category that mention a specific keyword. Your preferences are remembered between visits, so if you leave the filter on, it's still on when you come back.

Sort favourites to the top

The star column header is clickable, just like the Category and Title columns. Click it once and your favourite pastes float to the top of the list while everything else sits below in its normal order. Click again to flip the sort, or click a third time to clear it. Sorting and filtering are independent — you can use either, both, or neither.

Your favourites are yours

In a team workspace, every member has their own set of favourite pastes. What you star is visible only to you. The templates you rely on every day as a support agent won't clutter the library for a teammate in sales — they see their own favourites, you see yours. This is true even for the team owner: starred pastes are always personal, never shared.

The underlying pastes are still shared across the team in the normal way. Starring doesn't change access, doesn't affect other members, and doesn't move the paste. It's purely a personal favourite layered on top of the team library.

Also works on your shared quick-access link

If you've generated a shareable link for quick copy-paste access on another device, your favourites travel with you. The same star column appears, the same filter chip is available, and the pastes you've starred in the web app show up as favourites on the shared page — and vice versa. Whether you're at your desk or on a phone at a customer site, your favourite pastes are always the first thing you see.

When favourites help most

Starring earns its keep in situations where you need to find the right paste fast and can't afford to scroll:

• Customer support agents — star the handful of canned responses you use every shift, then leave the filter on "Starred only" for the rest of the day. The mountain of less-common templates stays out of your way until you need it.
• Sales outreach — favourite your best-performing intro and follow-up templates so they're always at the top. Save the campaign-specific or experimental templates for when you specifically need them.
• Email-heavy roles — if you send similar replies every day (meeting acknowledgements, out-of-office context, signatures), starring them lets you tab over, click, copy, and get back to work in seconds.
• Developers and operators — star the handful of commands, snippets, or runbooks you use constantly. Less frequent reference material stays in the library but out of the way.
• Teams with large libraries — as the library grows, starring keeps your personal workflow fast even while the team collection keeps getting richer.

Nothing to configure

Favourites are on by default for every team and every paste — there's no setting to enable, no permission to grant, no admin step. Even members on a team they didn't create can star pastes; your favourites are personal, so there's no reason to lock them behind a role.

The feature is designed to feel invisible when you don't need it and essential when you do. If you never click a star, your library looks exactly like it always did. The moment you do, it becomes faster.

Ready to cut the clutter? Create a free account and start starring your favourite pastes today.